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Racial Justice Parent Group
February 15 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Denver Waldorf Racial Justice Parent Group
The Denver Waldorf Racial Justice Parent Group is a collaborative and dedicated group of lifelong learners and Waldorf families who are committed to the process of deepening their knowledge, awareness, introspection, and advocacy skill sets around issues of racial justice through discussion, book study, supplemental materials, and taking action to become the change we want to see in the community. This group is dedicated to being a safe space for all – where non-expert learners can share, question, discover, grow, and work alongside one another to create a more inclusive, fair, equitable, honest, peaceful and unified future.
Our Meetings
There are two groups that meet regularly, one on Wednesday, and one on Saturday.
WEDNESDAY GROUP:
Upcoming Dates: 9/7, 9/21, 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, 11/30, 12/14, 1/4, 1/18, 2/1, 2/15, 3/1, 3/15, 3/29, 4/19, 5/3, 5/17
Time: 8:30-10am
Location: DWS Parent Council Room — Through February 2023; Steam Espresso Bar (1801 S. Pearl St, Denver 80210*) — Starting March 2023
The RJPG has chosen to read White People Really Love Salad: What My Childhood Taught Me About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. by Nita Mosby Tyler, Ph.D. Everyone has a story and those stories are worthy of being revisited as insight into who we are today. If you can revisit even one childhood story, good or bad, it is likely to provide valuable information about your thinking, your ideology and even your behavior today. “If you care to fully understand your worldview as you move forward in your life, take some time to look backwards,” states Dr. Nita Mosby Tyler. Our childhood experiences give us valuable clues about ourselves. Using her own childhood experiences, Dr. Mosby Tyler discusses the imprint that social climates, race relations, stereotypes, education systems and parenting had in shaping her perspectives. Ultimately, she shares, “those perspectives have been the source and muse for many of my adult successes and missteps.” No matter what your childhood story is, it is an important ingredient in the formation of the very best you! White People Really Love Salad will inspire you to learn, laugh and leverage your key experiences as a part of a journey in understanding how you got to be who you are today.
SATURDAY GROUP:
TBD
About the Denver Waldorf Racial Justice Parent Group
The RJPG formed in the Fall of 2020 as a response to the growing desire within the DWS community to ensure that the relevant and needed topic of racial justice was talked about throughout the school year and remained a topic of discourse that lifted up all people—including and centering around BIPOC voices.
We are committed to exploring the issues of racial justice through fostering a safe, open, warm and non-judgmental container by which to deepen our awareness through studying, growing and taking action together.
